The historic synagogue at 6th and I Street near Chinatown was host Sunday night to Sharon Salzberg , renowned meditation teacher and NY Times best-selling author, and Krishna Das, often called the rock-star of the Western yoga scene for his captivating devotional chanting. ❋ Matteo Pistono (2011)
After moving to New York in the early 1980s, Rabbi Wall found regular saxophone work with musicians like Frank London—the two started the jewish-music collective Hasidic New Wave—and landed a gig playing with the Piamentas, a pair of Israeli rock-star brothers who found God and became Hasidim. ❋ Tad Hendrickson (2011)
I was also sent a fascinating article on French feminist writer Elisabeth Badinter, which includes the observation: "In France, intellectuals have rock-star status." ❋ Gerit Quealy (2011)
It was the 2008 DRC Duvault Blochet—a rock-star superlative wine approximate list price, $700. ❋ Lettie Teague (2011)
Even the final scene in which Justine, Claire and Leo hold hands in a wooden teepee frame with no cover, delivering an image providing perhaps a literal, visual, damnation of a land stolen, felt trite, like a rock-star shaving his head in penance when something bad happens. ❋ Michael Vazquez (2012)
Actor Jared Leto has a masterly grasp of rock-star vernacular but this show with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars is a largely formulaic, writes Caroline Sullivan ❋ Unknown (2011)
What Severe is trying to say is that he has achieved rock-star status with the Casio his mother bought him for Christmas. ❋ Unknown (2010)
That film draws the attention of Mr. Penn, who, along with the rock-star humanitarian Bono, promotes the movie and walks the red carpet with Ms. Thompson at Cannes. ❋ Meghan Clyne (2011)
One day, he was offered the "rock-star" leftovers from a concert at Jones Beach Theater. ❋ April Rudin (2012)
I had a glass of the 2010 Domaine Tempier Bandol Rosé—a very nice though not exactly rock-star rosé. ❋ Lettie Teague (2011)
But his gaudy crimes touched something in the zeitgeist, and the media conspired to dress him in an aura of rock-star cool. ❋ Unknown (2010)
She discussed Mr. Tyler's rock-star life as she toured his house, the lakeside, and the woods, where Mr. Tyler said he had discovered "stillness." ❋ Sam Schechner (2012)
Since he's a "rock-star Vatican assassin," his hands — which are never not holding a cigarette — "radiate sunshine" and mix up ingredients in a "cauldron of awesomeness." ❋ Unknown (2011)
Luke Evans is the dreamy handyman who loves Tamara, Dominic Cooper the rock-star drummer who plays his sticks up and down her body to seduce her. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Nine years after graduation I did return to make a short film about her positive life philosophy called Act As If -- it was my thank-you gift for being such a rock-star mentor for so many young women. ❋ Teddy Wayne (2011)
Keeping up the pace: Airborne makes a concerted effort to avoid the usual pitfalls of the rock-star lifestyle. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Let's face it: I am living the life of a rock-star Vatican assassin, and if you eat like me, you can be like me," said Sheen, in a apron. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"If they're pissed off at my totally bitchin' rock-star life—which makes Keith Richards and Ozzy and Sinatra and Zeppelin look like droopy-eyed, armless children—that's their problem." ❋ Joe Queenan (2011)
